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Progress Report #5

All aboard the train of progress reports, where there is never a dull moment to be had... assuming, of course, that factual recitations are your thing. Otherwise, avoid. But, at any rate...

My academic progress has been well.

While I have yet to begin my Middle English learning, I have continued my Gawain-adaptation, something which has been taking up most of my time. The one criticism which stands out, however, is that I have yet to uptake an increased reading schedule; mostly, my day is filled with audio lessons from 'Great Courses' and brainstorming for Enchanted Assemblages. Aside from that my time is rather tight, so actual reading has been sparse.

Regardless, however, I feel this is fine as presently my primary focus is on my adaptation and the large time investment which it necessarily requires. Part of any self-taught education is focusing on what you can when you are able, so I feel proud of what I have accomplished so far, despite some mild issues.

In other news, I started a Facebook page which I have been updating regularly, so this is an additional province of my budging empire which can be counted among my triumphs lately.

I guess that is it. More of the same, I suppose but mentionable nonetheless.

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Lately, I was browsing around online and found another handy resource for aspiring medievalists.

Enter, Western Michigan University's Medieval Institute!

The site has links to an extensive book shop, scholarly journals, as well as a free download. See below for links.

General listing: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/medievalpress/
Index of titles available for purchase: http://www.wmich.edu/medievalpublications/all-titles
The 'Medieval Globe' book(s): http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/medieval_globe/ (Click on title(s) for free download)

Okay, that is all for now. Sometime soon I think that I would like to organize all of my resource links so that I, as well as you, have a concrete listing of reliable resources. Until then, we shall have to make due.